Chair for a drum

Abstract

A chair having a seat plate supported by legs, the seat plate having a top side with two concaves therein below where a seated person's hip bones project and optionally an additional concave rearward of the two concaves and below where the seated person's coccyx projects. The positions of the concaves are selected to be where a performer on a drum is likely to be seated when playing a drum while seated. The two concaves may be circular or may be elongated in the forward-rearward direction. The seat plate may be circular or it may be a bicycle seat shaped with downward and outward sloping concaves for the femoral thigh regions at the sides and toward the front.

What is claimed is:  
     
       1. A chair to receive a seated person having legs and buttocks, the legs having femoral thigh regions, the buttocks having hip bone regions, the chair comprising: 
       a seat plate having a cushioning effect to cushion the buttocks of the person, the seat plate having edge regions and top, front, rear, and lateral sides, the top side of the seat plate being provided with a first set of concave portions positioned to respectively receive the hip bone regions of the buttocks of the person, the top side of the seat plate being further provided with a second set of concave portions positioned forward of the first set of concave portions and toward the front side of the seat plate to respectively receive the femoral thigh regions of the legs of the person, the second set of concave portions extending slightly downwardly and outwardly toward the edge regions of the seat plate.  
     
     
       2. The chair of  claim 1 , further comprising a third concave formed in the top side of the seat plate and positioned below the coccyx of the person sitting on the seat plate and also located in the seat plate to the rear of the first set of concave portions for the hip bones. 
     
     
       3. The chair of  claim 1 , wherein the seat plate has right and left sides toward the front of the seat plate which are concavely curved for holding the femoral thigh regions of the legs of the performer sitting on the seat plate with the hip bones generally above the first set of concave portions provided therefor. 
     
     
       4. The chair of  claim 3 , wherein the seat plate has a bicycle seat shape and narrows toward the front at the right and left sides. 
     
     
       5. The chair of  claim 1 , wherein the first set of concave portions are round in shape. 
     
     
       6. The chair of  claim 1 , wherein the first set of concave portions are oval in shape, with the oval having a long axis extending in the forward and rearward direction of the seat plate. 
     
     
       7. The chair of  claim 1 , further comprising chair legs attached below the seat plate and on which the seat plate is supported. 
     
     
       8. The chair of  claim 1 , further comprising a convex peripheral region at the rear of the seat plate and behind the first and second concaves. 
     
     
       9. The chair of  claim 1 , wherein the first set of concave portions are positioned in the seat plate at locations below where the hip bones of a performer on a drum are likely positioned when the performer is sitting on the seat plate for playing a drum. 
     
     
       10. The chair of  claim 1 , wherein the seat plate has a bicycle seat shape and narrows toward the front at the right and left sides. 
     
     
       11. The chair of  claim 1 , wherein the seat plate is circular in shape. 
     
     
       12. The chair of  claim 1 , wherein the first set of concave portions are gradually depressed into the top side of the seat plate. 
     
     
       13. The chair of  claim 1 , wherein the second set of concave portions extend forward in the seat plate from the first set of concave portions and to the front of the seat plate. 
     
     
       14. The chair of  claim 1 , wherein concave portions of the first set of concave portions are separated from each other. 
     
     
       15. The chair of  claim 1 , wherein concave portions of the first set of concave portions are spaced entirely away from the front, rear and lateral sides of the seat plate.